The Roman actor. : A tragaedie. As it hath diuers times beene, with good allowance acted, at the private play-house in the Black-Friers, by the Kings Majesties Servants. Written by Philip Massinger.
1629
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The Roman actor. : A tragaedie. As it hath diuers times beene, with good allowance acted, at the private play-house in the Black-Friers, by the Kings Majesties Servants. Written by Philip Massinger.
Created/published
London : Printed by B[ernard]. A[lsop]. and T[homas]. F[awcet]. for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1629.
Description
[80] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640, author.
Alsop, Bernard, printer.
Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.
Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Alsop, Bernard, printer.
Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?, bookseller.
Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928, former owner.
McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner.
Note
In verse.
Printers' names from STC.
Signatures: A-K⁴.
Variant: texts of H3v and H4r interchanged.
Printers' names from STC.
Signatures: A-K⁴.
Variant: texts of H3v and H4r interchanged.
ESTC staff note
Rpm 12/02/96
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 17642
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, II, 424
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 680
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S112428
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, II, 424
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 680
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S112428
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Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 17642 copy 1
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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STC 17642 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs178. Variant. Bd. w.: Massinger, P. The renegado. London, 1630 (STC 17641 Copy 3) and Massinger, P. The picture. London, 1630 (STC 17640.5 Copy 4). Green goatskin binding with gilt tooling and turn-ins, by W. Pratt; all edges gilt. Provenance: inscription on front fly-leaf: "Cornelius Paine"; bookplate of Marshall Clifford Lefferts
Call number
STC 17642 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs163. Some leaves poorly inked. Burn hole on D3. Half bound in goatskin
Call number
STC 17642 copy 3
Folger-specific note
ac5299. Variant. Manuscript letter (undated) to Gosse from AC Swinburne, discussing Massinger's corrections in Gosse's quarto copies of Massinger's plays; manuscript corrections in the authors hand. Half bound in green goatskin with marbled paper boards and end-papers. Provenance: bookplate of Edmund William Gosse (motto "gravis cantantibvs vmbra")
Call number
STC 17642 copy 4
Folger-specific note
cs47. Quire A with inner margins repaired. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Thomas Jefferson McKee (motto "meum et tuum")
Call number
STC 17642 Copy 5 Bd.w. STC 4619
Folger-specific note
cs482.3. Manuscript index on front paste-down. Also bound with: STC 22459b, 14760.2, 4993 copy 1, 18431, 14647 copy 2, 22286 copy 2, 22320 copy 3, 13346 copy 1, 13334 copy 1, 13339 copy 2, 13322 copy 4, 6303 copy 2, 21416 copy 1, and 20688 copy 2